Greenland
Population 2026
55,650
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.21%
- Density
- 0 per km²
- Land area
- 410,449 km²
- Capital
- Nuuk
- Currency
- Krone (DKK)
- Official languages
- KL, DA-GL, EN
- Urban population
- 88.6%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 7142026
- Deaths
- 5892026
- Birth rate
- 12.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 9.3per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.71
- Life expectancy
- 70.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 35.5
- Net migration
- -265
Age distribution
- 0–1420.7%
- 15–6467.7%
- 65+11.5%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $3.3B
- GDP per capita
- $58.5K
- GDP growth
- +0.9%
- Inflation
- —
- Unemployment
- —
- Exports
- $1.4B
- Imports
- $1.7B
- Tourism receipts
- —% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture16.6%
- Industry18.4%
- Manufacturing2.7%
- Services61.0%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NuukSermersooq | 14,7982024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55,650 | 714 | 589 |
| 2020 | 56,105 | 825 | 527 |
| 2010 | 56,634 | 859 | 476 |
| 2000 | 56,228 | 897 | 461 |
| 1990 | 55,650 | 1.2K | 475 |
| 1980 | 50,130 | 1.0K | 400 |
| 1970 | 45,485 | 1.1K | 315 |
| 1960 | 32,123 | 1.5K | 321 |
| 1950 | 23,231 | 964 | 513 |